For Christmas this year I traveled. I brought some 'fancy' wrapping paper, but did the shopping at the destination.
I bought some additional paper and some cute washi tape to stick things together.
It appeared that washi tape works best with magical Japanese paper or something. Not the stuff I had.
So my pretty wrapping paper was sometimes sealed with multiple layers of washi tape.
There was much laughter around the Christmas tree when folks checked out my wrapping jobs.
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The science of gift wrapping explains why sloppy is better

The science of gift wrapping explains why sloppy is better

A new study looks at the impact a gift’s wrapping has on how the recipient likes what you give them.

Well this goes a long way to explaining Florida in the 2020's .
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arstecnica - Giant snails and brain worms in Florida

Florida once again has giant calamitous snails that spew parasitic brain worms

This is the third time the state has tried to eliminate the giant snails.

#Etymology | #Origins of the Term 'Goodbye'

'The first documented use of the “Godbwye” appeared in a letter English writer and scholar Gabriel Harvey wrote in 1573. In it, he wrote, “To requite your gallonde of godbwyes, I regive you a pottle of howdyes.”'

https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/01/where-the-term-goodbye-comes-from/

#adieu #adios #bye #etymology #goodbye #greetings #language #meme #memes #mrbean #RowanAtkinson #themoreyouknow #tifo #todayifoundout #vocabulary #word #words

1. Image source: "Hasta la vista memes," (Parry the Platypus Blog)

Where The Term Goodbye Comes From

Today I found out the origin of the term “Goodbye”. “Goodbye” comes from the term “Godbwye” a contraction of the phrase “God be with ye”. Depending on the source, the contraction seems to have first popped up somewhere between 1565 and 1575. The...

Moon conspiracy?

#moon #themoreyouknow :)